Female Urethral Catheterization - Instillation of the Lubricating Gel Into the Urethra or Pouring it on the Catheter's Tip?

NCT ID: NCT01985516

Last Updated: 2013-11-15

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

96 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2013-10-31

Study Completion Date

2014-09-30

Brief Summary

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Currently, there are no specific guidelines or best practice suggestions for female catheterization. However, there is a consensus that an anesthetic lubricating gel should be routinely used in women as well.

Urethral lubrication can be performed in two different techniques: instillation of the gel directly into the urethra or pouring the gel on the catheter's tip. In this study, we will evaluate the pain level during female urethral catheterization in each technique.

Our hypothesis is that the level of pain will be much less if the lubrication agent will be instilled directely to the urethra.

Detailed Description

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This is a randomized prospective study that will compare the pain levels of urethral catheterization in women randomized to intraurethral lidocaine gel instillation or lubrication of the catheter's tip with lidocaine gel.

Women aged 18 years and older who will be referred for multichannel Urodynamic study in order to evaluate lower urinary tract symptomswill be included.

Patients will be randomized to 2 groups: (1) 5mL of 2% lidocaine gel instilled directly into the urethra 5 minutes before catheterization; (2), 5mL of 2% lidocaine gel poured on the distal part of the catheter. The randomization technique will be employed by a computerized random number generator.

A 12F Nelaton urethral catheter will be introduced in order to measure post-void residual volumes. Subsequently, multichannel Urodynamic testing (Duet Encompass System - Mediwatch Group Plc) will be performed using a dual lumen 6F urethral and 9F rectal catheters. Filling will be carried out using room temperature saline at a filling rate of 50 ml/min.

Patients will be requested to fill out a 0 (no pain) to 10 (worst imaginable pain) visual analog pain scale (VAS) in different time points: prior to gel instillation (baseline), immediately after gel instillation (only in group 1), immediately after the introduction of the Nelaton catheter, 5 and 30 minutes after the catheter will be taken out.

Time frame of the study: 30 minutes before the test and 1 hour after the test. Since the study evaluates pain during the procedure the time frame of the study and assessment is very short. longer follow-up is not needed.

Conditions

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Pain

Keywords

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Pain Urethra Catheter

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Instillation into the urethra

5mL of 2% lidocaine gel will be instilled directly into the urethra 5 minutes before catheterization

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Instillation into the urethra

Intervention Type OTHER

5mL of 2% lidocaine gel will be instilled directly into the urethra 5 minutes before catheterization

Pouring the gel on the tip of the catheter

5mL of 2% lidocaine gel will be poured on the distal part of the catheter (from the distal tip to 10 cm proximally)

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

pouring the gel on the catheter's tip

Intervention Type OTHER

5mL of 2% lidocaine gel will be poured on the distal part of the catheter (from the distal tip to 10 cm proximally).

Interventions

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Instillation into the urethra

5mL of 2% lidocaine gel will be instilled directly into the urethra 5 minutes before catheterization

Intervention Type OTHER

pouring the gel on the catheter's tip

5mL of 2% lidocaine gel will be poured on the distal part of the catheter (from the distal tip to 10 cm proximally).

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

women aged 18 years and older who will be referred for multichannel Urodynamic study in order to evaluate lower urinary tract symptoms.

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Exclusion Criteria

use of any analgesics within the previous 24 hours, known urethral stricture, active urinary tract infection, indwelling urethral catheter, pre-existing urethral pain (e.g. patients with chronic pelvic pain syndromes and interstitial cystitis), known allergy to lidocaine or inability to cooperate with pain assessment due to mental disorders.

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Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Assaf-Harofeh Medical Center

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Assaf Harofeh MC

Dr Kobi Stav

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Kobi Stav, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Assaf Harofe Medical Center

Locations

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Assaf Harofe Medical Center

Beer Yaakov, Zeriffin, Israel

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Israel

Central Contacts

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Kobi Stav, MD

Role: CONTACT

Phone: 972-8-9778461

Email: [email protected]

Facility Contacts

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Kobi Stav, MD

Role: primary

Other Identifiers

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132/13

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id